The Fifth VK (Story × Reader)

7.

The next morning, I leave Jay's dorm. Rupert walks past me. "Oh, hey." He says as he stops. "Hi." I say. I really hope my hair isn't a mess. "We never got a chance to talk yesterday."
"That's because I didn't want to." His patience for me weakens. "You know, you make it hard to be nice to you."
"Then don't be, let's hear it." I cross my arms. "I just -" He stutters for words. "I just want to make sure you're ok." He finally gets out. "Why? To make sure I don't do anything rash?"
"You know I don't mean that."
"Then what is it? Huh? You act like you care about me. Like, I mean something to you."
"And what if I do?"
"Then it's a trick."
"What?" He looks at me hurt and confused. "I'm not buying your crap, Rupert."
"Who says I'm lying to you?"
"It's oblivious that you are." I raise my voice. He looks slightly annoyed. "I'm not tricking you. You have to believe me." I didn't know what to say. I was getting frustrated with my own thoughts. "I don't know what to do anymore, Rupert. You're confusing me."
"It's because you try to push me away. I won't let you. Since we are both stubborn, you think I'm evil."
"I don't need you to think for me." I state. I turn away from him. I hope no one can hear us. "There you're go again. Being stubborn." He stated back at me. I cackle slightly. "We sound like an old couple." He relaxs hearing my joke. "By the way, I was just messing before. You don't have to go to the coronation with me. I drop the dare." He says with a chuckle. I give a small smile. "Maybe I'll still go with you. I don't have anyone else to take me." I look at him teasingly. "Oh, so I'm just a safety net, then?"
"Hmm, yeah, actually." I look away and look back at him. "What if I actually have a date then? What happens to the other girl?" He teases back. I slowly walk towards him. I sigh. "Well," I run my finger down his shirt. "I guess I will have to posion her." I slowly bring my eyes back up to him. I bite my bottom lip. "Or, you could just fight for me." He smirks at me. Before we knew it, our lips were attached. We slowly separated and opened our eyes. "Not too bad for a VK." He stated. "You do always underestimate us." I wrap my hand around his neck to bring him in for a second kiss. He placed his hands on my hips.

I walk out of my dorm wearing a new outfit. I fixed my makeup and hair while I was there. "Hey, Y/n, I have been looking for you everywhere." Evie comes up to me. "Yeah, I fell asleep in the boys' dorm. Oops." I say with a smile. "C'mon, the party is about to start." She links arms with me.

We see Ben serenading the guess. I look of disgust was slowly forming on my face. "Why, just just why?" I say to Evie. She giggles at my hatefulness. I turn around and fake gag. When I do, Rupert stands right behind me. So it looked like, yeah, you know. "Ok, that's a bit harsh."
"Oh, Rupert, I wasn't doing it towards you. I was -"
"It's fine. Enjoying the show?" He asks. He already knew the answer. I turn back. I see Belle and Beast dancing to their son' singing. "It's, well.. I have no words. I just have disgust." I answer truthfully. Evie wraps her arm around mine. "We have to go." She says. I remember. "Oh, I'll see you later. Um, girl thing. You know?" He narrows his eyes before coming to a conclusion. "Oh, a right." He steps to the side to let us walk away. I smirk after we walk past him.

We stand up on the balcony watching the ending performance. "Are you all ready?" Mal asks us. "Yep." Evie says. She places her hand on her purse. "Good." She says. We walk down from the balcony after we scope the area. Mal picks up a strawberry from a bowl. We all follow close behind. I take Dude from Carlos. The boys go nuts over the chocolate fountain. "Are you a good boy?" I say as a scratched the back of his neck. "Y/n, you have to try this." Jay says with food shoved in his mouth. "What is it?" I ask, confused. "Chocolate covered strawberries."
"And marshmallowvs," Carlos tries to say. He was still eating them. Jay sticks his tongue into the fountain. Carlos chuckled at him. I slip a laugh. I wasn't even expecting it. "Here." Jay drowns a strawberry in chocolate. He brings it over to my mouth. He shoves the whole thing in my mouth, but the stem. Some chocolate was on my lips. I widen my eyes at him. "It's so good, right?" He asked me after he finally swallowed the huge bite. "Oh my, Gosh." I say. I lift Dude up in my arms. The mut was getting heavy. "Carlos, what do you feed him? He weighs more than you." He looks at me offended. "Do not weight shame, Dude. He is in perfect shape and health."
"He acts like he is his child." Jay says before eating another strawberry. I chuckle. "Hey, save some for me." Carlos started to shove his face again. Mal runs over to Ben. She points at us, and Belle looks at us. "Boys." I say. Jay and Carlos look back. Their faces were a mess. Evie and I wave. Jay and Carlos do the same. I see Rupert. He was talking to Chad. I didn't think Rupert was friends with people like Chad. I turn back around. I placed Dude down, and he walked over to Carlos. He sat down at his feet. "What a good boy." I state. I bend down slightly. "Hey, my parents have invited you all for a game of croquet." Ben say. He was standing next to Mal. I stand up. "What's that like a gang or something?" I asks, confused. Ben chuckles lightly. "No, no, of course not. It's -"
"Darn, I was hoping it would be interesting." Ben doesn't know how to take me. I look around realizing what I said. "Just kidding." I say with a laugh. Ben also laughs. It was an uncomfortable laugh, but a laugh.

Eventually, after Ben taught us the basics, we finally tarted to play. I hit the ball with my stick, I don't remember what it was called, and it went past Jay's. "Yeah!" Ben laughed in the background. I had the black ball; Jay had a red ball. "Alright, alright." Ben says. He hits the his yellow ball. His goes past mine and Jay's, and goes through the third hoop. "That's two for me." Ben says. "Yeah, yeah, don't get cocky." Jay says annoyed. "Mal, it your turn." I say. She hit her blue ball. It goes past the third hoop; it was ahead of Ben's. "Yes!" Jay cheers and high fives Mal. Jay went to hit his ball. An older woman walks over to Mal. I didn't really pay attention. Rupert walks over to me. "How's it going?" He asks me. "Well, Ben and I are in the lead." I answer. Jay hits his and it goes flying. Mal was occupied with the woman. "Alright, Y/n, you can do this." Ben encourages. I walk over to hit it. "I'm surprised your teaming up with Ben, and not Jay." Rupert continues the conversation. I hit the ball and it goes past Jay's again. I chuckle at Jay's frustration. "Why?" I look back at Rupert. "Well, aren't you guys close or whatever?" I narrow my eyes in confusion. "I don't understand." I look back at Ben. His ball lands a little behind Jay's. I look over at Mal. Audrey walked over to them. "Well, you know, you guys do everything together. You even slept in his dorm last night." I get a little defensive. "What are you trying to say? Jay's like a brother to me. I accidentally fell asleep in his dorm." He nods his head. I couldn't tell if he believed me or not. "And him feeding you a strawberry?" I cackle as my rage fumes. Jay and Ben start to get uncomfortable. "So what? You jealous or something?" I say. He looks straightforward. I could tell he was getting annoyed as well. "Are you just going to ignore me princess? I don't even know what to say, Rupert. My anger is really starting to get to me." I raise my voice. "Well, you might want to calm down before horns grow out of your head like your mom's." He looks back at me. Just before one word came out of my mouth, I looked at him confused. My anger was slowly turning into confusion. "I'm sorry what?" He looks back at me. "You're Maleficent's daughter." I was even more confused. "Excuse me? No I'm not." Now he was confused. "But I thought... " The wheels were turning in his head. "So, you're... "
"Mother Gothel's kid. Yeah." He looked stunned. "So what? It's not like you didn't already know I'm a VK." I placed his hand over his mouth. "What the heck is wrong with you?"
"Nothing really, your mother just so happened to almost kill my dad. Oh, and enslave my mother for her entire childhood." I drop my jaw. "You're -"
"Rupert Fitzherbert. Yeah." My head started to spin. I know I have disobeyed my mom, and did things to upset her, but I think I am officially kicked out. When she finds out. I-I don't know what to think. What happens when she hears I kissed my mother's arch nemesis' son! TWICE!! I placed my hand on my forehead. I felt light-headed. All of a sudden I hear someone yell. Ben walks past me. Jay walks over to me too. "A chance to what, Ben?" I look over to see the same women. She looked upset about something. "Are you ok?" Jay asks under his breath. "Just a headache. What's happening."
"Don't know. She just started to yell at Mal." I walk over to hear the fuss. "The posion apples. And the spells." The woman listed off. I guess she's not a fan of the VK either. "My daughter was raised by fairies. Because of your mother's curse. So, her first words, her first steps. I missed it all!" She growls at Mal. I felt anger rushing into my veins. I'm not sure why, it wasn't me she was angry with. Why do I care? The lady crossed her arms and turned around to be comforted. Mal stepped forward. "I'm so so -"
"Go away!" Chad walks in front of her. My blood boiled. "Stay away from her!"
"Don't do this, Chad." Ben warned. "What? They were raised by their parents, Ben. What do you think villains teach their kids? Huh? Kindness? Fair play? No way. Okay? Uh-uh. You stole a other girl's boyfriend." Chad moved to the side to judge Jay, Evie, and I. "Hey, hey." Ben tried to stop him. "You enjoy hurting people." He points to Jay. "And you," He looks at Evie. She turns to his direction. "You're nothing but a gold digger and a cheater." He turns to me. "And you, you manipulate people and use them like dogs." I was about to lose control. I gritted my teeth. Evie stepped forward. "Mirror, mirror, in my hand, who's the biggest jerk in the land?" She asks her mirror. She pointed the mirror at him. It showed his reflection. "What, come on!" He shoved her hand and she became off balance. Jay and I both jumped at that. "Back off, Chad." Jay threatened. Jay grabbed the collar of his shirt. I punched his face hard. He went down unconscious. I thought it was me who knocked him out, but Evie actually sprayed him with the potion. Jay let him fall. Evie grabbed Mal's hand. She lead her away. Carlos followed after them. Jay grabbed my arm. "Let's go." In the corner of my eye I see Rupert. I wish I had a chance to talk to him. I guess it's too late, though. Jay lead me in the direction of the others. "Guys!" Ben calls. We don't listen. Tears started to fall down my face. I couldn't tell which emotion was the cause.